Definition of Hespirornis
||Hes`pe*ror"nis (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
&?; western + &?;, &?;, a bird.] (Paleon.) A genus of
large, extinct, wingless birds from the Cretaceous deposits of
Kansas, belonging to the Odontornithes. They had teeth, and were
essentially carnivorous swimming ostriches. Several species are
known. See Illust. in Append.
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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